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Letters Patent No. 65,326, dated June 4, 1867;

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, P. M. ACKERMAN, of Webster, in the county of Monroe, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Gates and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an elevation of a sliding gate with my invention attached.

Figure 2 is a transverse View of the top of the post P, showing the lockingbutton b and the mortise into which the end of the top rail or bar B enters.

Figure 3 is a transverse section of the sliding bar D, showing the edge of the cross-head H.

Like letters indicate like parts in the several figures.

.This invention consists in the employment of aloose bar for the support of one end of the gate, the bar being about the length of the gate; and it is hung between four rollers, two of them being attached to the hanger post of the gate, and the other two to the side post.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and. operation.

I make the gate, as seen in fig. 1, of any desired length. The battensf and g should be raised sufliciently from the face of the gate to permit the free action of the rollers r and ras the gate is being opened or closed. The lower edge of the rail C and the upper edge of the rail E should be rounded or bevelled to correspond to the shape of the groove in the periphery of the rollers 'r and 0'. Both edges oftho bar D are similarly shaped. The width of this bar and the diameter of the two rollers on each post should be suliieient to about fill the space between the bars G and E.

The sliding bar D has a stop, s, that strikes in a gain in the side of the post J, which prevents the end from being drawn through from between the rollers r. The clasp 2' is -sceured to the bar D, and when the gate is being drawn shut it strikes the batten f when it is about half closed, and causes the bar to be carried with the gate the rest of the way. This bar D is provided at the inner end with the cross-head H, both ends of which are made, as seen in fig. 3, to fit the edge of the rails or bars C and E, or, if desired, there may be traverse rollers used in this T or cross-head similar to those on the posts. There is a suitable stop, shown by dotted lines at a, which strikes the head H when the gate is'being opened, and carries the bar back with the gate. By this construction and arrangement of this sliding bar it is only necessary to make it about the length of the gate. The end of the bar E is made to project so as to enter the post P, as shown by the dotted lines at t; and that of the'bar B is formed somewhat hooking, as shown at 'n, so as to catch over the belt or pin a, figs. 1 and 2. The mortises to receive the end of the bars are as much deeper than the width of the bars as is necessary to allow the point of the hook to pass over the pin When the gate is closed the cam or button I) is turned down, as shown in figs 1 and 2, and, pressing upon the cap F of the gate, so securely locks it shut as to prevent it from being opened by stoc.; or cattle of any kind. If the gate-way is to be made in a board fence, the rollers 1 would be hung to the fence-post next to the gate; but if the gate were joined by a rail or stone fence, then a false or short post, as shown, would be necessary. This plan of hanging a gate may also be applied to hanging door-yard and other small gates, and also for barn doors. There may be grooved blocks attached to the posts as substitutes for the pulleys or rollers r and i", if desired. When the gate is open it occupies the'position shown by the dotted lines.

What I claim as iny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The loose sliding bar D, having a suitable supporting head, H, in combination with the sliding gate, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein shown and described.

PHILIP M. ACKERMAN.

Witnesses:

WM. S. Louennououen, P. T.'Tunnnn. 

